Are You a Type A, B, or D Personality?

There are 3 types of personalities that have been related to physical health and disease. What are they?

Type A (also known as the coronary-prone behavior pattern) are individuals who are hard-driving, competitive, and try to overachieve. The stereotype of the driven and overworked executive who one day keels over with a heart attack, has some basis in fact, as Type A individuals are more prone to coronary heart disease.

Type B individuals are laid-back, never rush, and tend to take things easy. While Type As are focused on competing and attaining measurable goals, Type Bs are more about living in the moment.

Type D (also known as “distressed” or “disease-prone”) persons tend to be worried, irritable, and express a great deal of negative emotions. Also linked to coronary heart disease, there is a tendency for Type Ds to experience illnesses (particularly stress-related illnesses) in clusters. The disease-prone personality is related to Type D and you can read more about it here.

Type As may be more prone to stress (and potential heart-related issues), but research suggests that this can be helped by learning to appropriately manage and express emotions. On the positive side, Type As tend to be successful at work due their drive and dedication.

Type Ds, like Type As, need to learn to open up about feelings, to control negative emotions, and to develop better interpersonal skills.

Of course, it is important to remember that what we are describing in all of these personality types are the extremes. We all may be somewhere in the middle on some of these dimensions (A-B) or some combination.

Having three types is an over simplification. Myself, I am type B and have no interest in competing with other people. I even don't have an interest in sports, as I don't see the point of it. On the other hand, if I am in a situation where a job needs to get done and no-one steps up to the plate to accomplish the task, I will take the lead. Also I will become type "A" (more or less) whenever I am backed into a corner.

I'm assuming you're addressing me. Why would you think I am cluster B? As a matter of fact, I am quite the opposite. I help my neighbors without being asked, I will speak to anyone anywhere, and I help the needy when I can, asking nothing in return. In addition, I will never start a fight or argument and will always walk away.

On the other hand, if a friend is being harmed, I will defend them if there is no other way.

How is it possible that you got cluster B out of what I wrote? My A type only comes through when needed to complete a job or when needed in defense of a physical threat when all other options run out. As a matter of fact, I am one of the most even tempered people that you could meet. I would even go so far as to say that most people are like me, except that I am usually more open to conversation compared to most people.

I'm curious, what is your state of mind that you would assume cluster B? I never heard of it till you mentioned it. Don't feel like I'm picking on you, misunderstandings happen all the time and asking questions is the only way to correct them.

BTW, my last job was as a manager and I have since retired. I've been gone from that job for about 4 years and after all that time my previous employees still drop by my house once in a while. I think that speaks for itself. What's interesting about that is that I never hung out with these people and never saw them outside the work place. Apparently they felt like I was their friend. The truth is that I wasn't so much their friend, but I did care about them.

Are there any advantages at all related to Type D? It's kind of disappointing that you can be Type A, which has advantages and disadvantages, Type B, which has different advantages and disadvantages, and Type D, which has... disadvantages.
In fact, I'd refer to it as "Type AB Negative", since it consists of the disadvantages of both other types.

I find this article to be very true and to be on key point, for I personally have had different medical situations that occurred over time and that had been suggested through the different types of personality that I had at that moment; not only from different types of doctors but also others in that are professionally in the medical field. This article has clearly been put through evaluation and studied by different medical professional, for it has brings up key note points that mostly occurs in these types of personalities.

I feel the same - I'm a little of each yet predominantly "D" but I don't feel this is a good assessment at all. It seems to be missing key areas and almost feels as if it mashed together a bunch of "traits" that were positive, a bunch that were negative, then gave each group a letter to be the name of the specific "type"